Due to the aforementioned hearsay, the dean of the University instructed his IT manager to secretly access the concerned professors University e-mail. Issue:
1. Whether or not the deans action is correct? Will it cause damage due to
impairment of employer and employee relationship?
2. Whether or not the professors privacy was breached by the cause of action?
Suggested answers: 1. Yes. There was an impairment of employer and employee relationship. Although, the interest of the dean is to protect the Universitys credibility, his cause of action is wrong as it may inflict damages towards the professors chastity and dignity. Given that the incident is only a hearsay, the dean do not have such reasonable and compelling cause to initiate such instruction which is tantamount to breach of professors privacy. Furthermore, his cause of action is undeniably of using his ascendancy and influence over the IT manager, compelling him to check the professors e-mail.
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